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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How old is Juppe in Private Domain?
(a) 61.
(b) 22.
(c) 50.
(d) 30.

2. What was Papon accused of during his trial?
(a) Complicity in crimes against humanity.
(b) Theft.
(c) First degree murder.
(d) Embezzlement of goods taken from Jewish holocaust victims.

3. According to legend, what is supposed to take the place of sports for men in France?
(a) Books and music.
(b) Hunting and food.
(c) Work and food.
(d) Sex and food.

4. How many Jews were deported to Auschwitz death camp while Papon was in power?
(a) 3,000.
(b) 50.
(c) 500.
(d) 1,500.

5. When did Gopnik and his wife go to Paris before their move there in 1995?
(a) They had never been to Paris together before the move in 1995.
(b) They stayed there for a week before they were married.
(c) They lived there for their first year of marriage in 1989.
(d) They went there on their honeymoon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Nisha's spouse do for a job?

2. Which designer created a forest-like set in Couture Shock?

3. What is the name of the author of Les Enfants de Saturne, who Gopnik contacts in A Tale of Two Cafes?

4. Which two American authors does Philippe Sollers debate with Gopnik?

5. What did Adam have to undergo before he was allowed to work out on the machines at this gym?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does Gopnik think that Prime Minister Alain Juppe was probably relieved by the Islamic terrorist bombing in Private Domain?

2. Describe the appearance of Cressida Taylor.

3. Why does Gopnik realize that trying to buy out the owner of the Balzar would be unsuccessful in A Handful of Cherries?

4. What unique action does Gopnik observe at the Valentino show in Paris?

5. How did the movement to lower the age of retirement begin in France in The Chill?

6. According to Gopnik in "Paris to the Moon", how have Americans through the generations regarded Paris?

7. What is the "machine to draw the world"?

8. What do Gopnik and Quelin discuss in their dinner together?

9. What does Gopnik think the strike illustrates about the French way of coping with difficulties?

10. What action do the other employees take when an employee is fired over the altercation with the British tourist in Trouble at the Tower?

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